Harrison Hill and Benjamin Hale recently exchanged emails about their new books exploring American cults and personal spiritual journeys. The conversation highlights differences in their approaches to nonfiction storytelling.
Hill's book, The Oracle’s Daughter, examines the Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps, while Hale's Cave Mountain focuses on a Missouri cult linked to a 1978 murder. Both authors began with magazine articles before expanding into full-length works, reinventing their narratives in the process.